| 词汇 | according to rafferty-s rules |
| 词源 | according to Rafferty’s rules. Unlike the five other “accord- ing to” entries listed here, this one means according to no rules at all, no holds barred. It is an Australian expression with some international currency that apparently arose from Australian boxing matches, perhaps referring to a roughhouse fighter named Rafferty, although he has not been identified. Partridge, however, suggests that Rafferty derives from refractory, “obsti- nately resistant to authority or control.” |
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